Downing Park
Downing Park is the largest of several public parks in the city of Newburgh, New York, United States. The park was designed in the late 19th century by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, who gave the design to the city on the condition it would be named after their mentor, Andrew Jackson Downing, a Newburgh native who had died in a steamboat accident on the Hudson River in 1852.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Dutch Reformed Church and Newburgh–Beacon Ferry.
Dutch Reformed Church
Church
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Dutch Reformed Church is one of the most prominent architectural landmarks in Newburgh, New York. It was designed by Alexander Jackson Davis in 1835 in the Greek Revival style just after the dissolution of his partnership with Ithiel Town.
Newburgh–Beacon Ferry
Station
Photo: Titanosaurus, Public domain.
The Newburgh–Beacon Ferry was a ferry service crossing the Hudson River that connected Newburgh with Beacon in the U.S. state of New York. It carried passengers between the two cities during rush hour, primarily transporting commuters from the west side…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newburgh and Balmville.
Newburgh
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Newburgh is a city in Orange County, New York, United States. With a population of 28,856 as of the 2020 census, it is a principal city of the Kiryas Joel–Poughkeepsie–Newburgh metropolitan area with an estimated 712,000 residents.
Balmville
Village
Balmville is a hamlet in Orange County, New York, United States. It is part of the Kiryas Joel–Poughkeepsie–Newburgh, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger New York–Newark–Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area. Balmville is situated 1½ miles north of Downing Park.
New Windsor
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
New Windsor is a town in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 27,805 at the 2020 census. It is located on the eastern side of the county and is adjacent to the Hudson River and the City of Newburgh.
Downing Park
- Type: Park
- Description: park in New York, United States of America, United States of America
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Orange County, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.50594° or 41° 30′ 21″ northLongitude
-74.01797° or 74° 1′ 5″ westElevation
292 feet (89 metres)Operator
City of NewburghOpen location code
87H7GX4J+9ROpenStreetMap ID
way 202055374OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkGeoNames ID
5115271Wikidata ID
Q5303198
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Cebuano—“Downing Park” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “Downing Park (Newburgh, New York)”
- Arabic: “داونينغ بارك”
- Arabic: “منتزة داونينغ”
- Arabic: “منتزه داونينغ”
- Cebuano: “Downing Park”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Downing Pond and Church of Our Father.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Downing Park”. Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.